Outlet and strainer for washbasins.



Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

film? coummm PLANUGIEM'H c0, WASHINGTON, IL 04 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

JOHANNES RUCKSTINAT, 0F TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

OUTLET AND STRAINER FOR WASHBASINS.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHANNES BUCK- STINAT, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, and resident of the city of To ronto, county of York,Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Outlets and Strainers for Washbasins; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

The invention relates to improvements in outlets and strainers for washbasins, as described in the following specification and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially in the novel construction of theoutlet ferrule whereby overflow orifices are formed in the side wallsand the portions cut from said orifices are bent inwardly to form astrainer.

The objects of the invention are, to obviate the unsanitary features inthe use of cast metal outlets, and to devise a device which presentssmooth surfaces to which dirt will not readily adhere and in which thestrainer portion cannot be accidentally broken.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the basinshowing my device attached thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspectivedetail of the device shown partly broken away.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the outlet ferrule formed of a length oftubing having one end thereof swaged outwardly forming the flange 2.

3 are a plurality of orifices cut in the side walls of the ferrule 1 ashort distance below the flange 2.

In cutting the orifices 3 the portions of metal cut out of the orificesare left attached at the bottom of the said orifices and are bentinwardly forming the fingers 4c, the inner ends of said fingers meetingat the center and forming a strainer to prevent articles dropped in thebasin from falling Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 27', 1911.

Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

Serial No. 623,714.

into the outlet pipe. The lower end of the ferrule 1 is threaded on itsexterior and is secured in the basin 5 by a suitable nut 6. The overfloworifices register with the overflow passage 7 formed in said basin, theflange 2 fitting snugly into the recess 8.

This device is preferably formed of a length of brass tubing and thesurface thereof is therefore very smooth and dirt or any foreign matterwill not readily adhere to the sides as it does in the ordinary castmetal devices which present very rough surfaces. Further, the strainermembers which form an integral part of the device are also very smoothand being of drawn metal cannot be readily broken.

Another important feature of this device is that in the event of a smallarticle falling through the orifices between the strainers it can berecovered very readily by bending the fingers l either downwardly orupwardly and this can be accomplished without damage to the device asthe metal will bend without fracture.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A basin outlet and strainer having lateral overflow openings througha straight walled tubular body and a plurality of fingers partiallypunched from said body wall and bent downwardly to the center, therebyproviding both a strainer and the lateral overflow openings.

2. In an outlet and strainer for wash basins, a tubular member havingaflanged upper end and its outer wall threaded at the lower end andopenings cut in the side wall thereof intermediate of the length formingthe overflow passages, and fingers formed by the cutting of saidorifices bent inwardly and having their ends meeting in the center ofsaid tubular member.

Signed at Toronto, Ontario, Canada, this 22nd day of April, 1911.

JOI-IANNES RUCKSTINAT.

Witnesses H. DENNISON, E. HERON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five-cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

